With an 8% drop in the number of people experiencing homelessness in 2024, New Hampshire saw the third-biggest reduction in the nation. The number of homeless veterans also dropped by 8% and family homelessness fell by 10.1%.

The good news has the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness hopeful about the future, but federal funding cuts could erase those gains, said Jennifer Chisholm, executive director of the nonprofit.

Chisholm couldn’t point to a single program or resource that led to the big change, but said the coalition’s analysis in this year’s State of Homelessness in New Hampshire report shows in one 24-hour point-in-time count, 196 fewer people were without housing compared to the count in 2023. With 2,245 people still seeking permanent housing, the progress is great, but t

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